VMware Products Unspecified Host Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:32597

Info

VMware Products Unspecified Host Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 32597
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2008-4917
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 02 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 01 2012 07:01PM
Credit: Andrew Honig
Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.0.5
VMWare Workstation 6.0.4
VMWare Workstation 6.0.3
VMWare Workstation 6.0.2
VMWare Workstation 6.0.1
VMWare Workstation 6.0
VMWare Workstation 5.5.8
VMWare Workstation 5.5.7
VMWare Workstation 5.5.6
VMWare Workstation 5.5.5
VMWare Workstation 5.5.4
VMWare Server 1.0.7
VMWare Server 1.0.6
VMWare Server 1.0.5
VMWare Server 1.0.4
VMWare Server 1.0.3
VMWare Server 1.0.2
VMWare Player 2.0.5
VMWare Player 2.0.4
VMWare Player 2.0.2
VMWare Player 2.0.1
VMWare Player 2.0
VMWare Player 1.0.8
VMWare Player 1.0.6
VMWare Player 1.0.5
VMWare Player 1.0.4
VMWare Player 1.0.3
VMWare Player 1.0.2
VMWare Fusion 1.1.2
VMWare Fusion 1.1.1
VMWare Fusion 1.1
VMWare Fusion 1.0
VMWare ESXi Server 3.5
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.2
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
VMWare ACE 2.0.5
VMWare ACE 2.0.3
VMWare ACE 2.0.2
VMWare ACE 2.0.1
VMWare ACE 2.0
VMWare ACE 1.0.7
VMWare ACE 1.0.5
VMWare ACE 1.0.4
VMWare ACE 1.0.3
VMWare ACE 1.0.2
VMWare ACE 1.0
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.5 build 118166
VMWare Workstation 5.5.9 build 126128
VMWare Server 1.0.8 build 126538
VMWare Player 2.5 build 118166
VMWare Player 1.0.9 build 126128
VMWare Fusion 2
VMWare ACE 2.5 build 118166
VMWare ACE 1.0.8 build 125922

Discussion

VMware Products Unspecified Host Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Multiple VMware products are prone to an unspecified memory-corruption vulnerability in the virtual machine hardware.

A user in a guest operating system may be able to exploit this issue to write to arbitrary physical memory addresses. This may facilitate a compromise of the host and guest operating systems running on the affected computer. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

The following products are affected:

Workstation 6.0.x
Workstation 5.x
Player 2.0.x
Player 1.x
ACE 2.0.x
ACE 1.x
Server 1.x
Fusion 1.x
ESXi 3.5
ESX 3.5
ESX 3.0.3
ESX 3.0.2

Exploit / POC

VMware Products Unspecified Host Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

VMware Products Unspecified Host Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for more information.

References

VMware Products Unspecified Host Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References:

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